🛡️ CVE-2025-8869 on PyPI (Root.io) — pip

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-8869 as tracked by PyPI (Root.io), for the package pip. The fix is available in version 22.3.1+aikido.4; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must actively cooperate. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Attack requirements: Present — the target has to be in a particular state for the attack to work.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Active — the victim has to cooperate with the attack.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2025-8869 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2025-8869 is recorded against 2 packages.

• pip (fixed in 22.3.1+aikido.4)
• rootio-pip (fixed in 22.3.1+root.io.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

pip has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CLSA-2026-1772756023 (published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-3219 (published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-8869 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2026-6357 (5.0 Medium, published 16 Jun 2026)
• ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2026-3219 (5.0 Medium, published 16 Jun 2026)
• ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2023-5752 (5.0 Medium, published 16 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-8643 (5.5 Medium, published 1 Jun 2026)
• ECHO-e120-768d-97d2 (published 28 May 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-59: Link Following) in other software:

• CVE-2026-71556 (8.0 High, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71964 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-63622 (7.8 High, published 10 Aug 2026)

CVE-2025-8869 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

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